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By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Most Reverend Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York has launched a blistering indictment of oil companies operating in the Niger Delta, calling their actions “nothing less than environmental genocide.” The archbishop chairs the Bayelsa State Oil and Environmental Commission, working alongside industry and environmental experts …
Read More »Brass, Nembe, Southern Ijaw communities Slam Oil Firms over Neglect
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Elders, women and youth leaders from various communities in Brass, Nembe and Southern Ijaw Local Government Areas of Bayelsa State have bemoaned their neglect by oil companies operating in their areas. The communities also lamented years of oil spillages that have destroyed their environment, aquatic life …
Read More »IOCs’ GMoU, Fraudulent ~ Bayelsa Oil Communities
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Some communities in Bayelsa State have described as fraudulent the Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMOU) with international oil companies (IOCs) operating in their areas. The oil-bearing communities located in Yenagoa and Ogbia local government areas made the claim during a stakeholders’ forum organised by the Bayelsa …
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